When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich
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"When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich" is a satirical song by lyricist E. Y. Harburg that humorously critiques class inequality and the American dream.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2824444 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich Context triple: [E. Y. Harburg, notableWork, When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich]
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A.
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor is a book by epidemiologist and public health leader William H. Foege that reflects on global health inequities and the moral imperative to address them.
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B.
The Acquisitive Society
The Acquisitive Society is a 1920 book by British social critic R. H. Tawney that offers a moral and economic critique of capitalism and argues for a more socially responsible and egalitarian economic order.
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C.
The Haves and the Have Nots
The Haves and the Have Nots is a prime-time soap opera created by Tyler Perry that follows the intertwined lives of wealthy elites and their working-class counterparts in Savannah, Georgia.
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D.
L'Extinction du paupérisme
L'Extinction du paupérisme is a political and social treatise proposing measures to eliminate poverty in 19th-century France.
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E.
On the Tax in Kind
"On the Tax in Kind" was a key 1921 Bolshevik policy document that replaced grain requisitioning with a tax in kind, marking the start of the New Economic Policy in Soviet Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich Target entity description: "When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich" is a satirical song by lyricist E. Y. Harburg that humorously critiques class inequality and the American dream.
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A.
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor is a book by epidemiologist and public health leader William H. Foege that reflects on global health inequities and the moral imperative to address them.
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B.
The Acquisitive Society
The Acquisitive Society is a 1920 book by British social critic R. H. Tawney that offers a moral and economic critique of capitalism and argues for a more socially responsible and egalitarian economic order.
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C.
The Haves and the Have Nots
The Haves and the Have Nots is a prime-time soap opera created by Tyler Perry that follows the intertwined lives of wealthy elites and their working-class counterparts in Savannah, Georgia.
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D.
L'Extinction du paupérisme
L'Extinction du paupérisme is a political and social treatise proposing measures to eliminate poverty in 19th-century France.
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E.
On the Tax in Kind
"On the Tax in Kind" was a key 1921 Bolshevik policy document that replaced grain requisitioning with a tax in kind, marking the start of the New Economic Policy in Soviet Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical theatre song
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song ⓘ |
| artForm | popular music ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | comic song ⓘ |
| commentaryOn |
American society
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capitalism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| critiques |
class system
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economic privilege ⓘ myth of meritocracy ⓘ |
| depicts | fantasy of becoming rich ⓘ |
| genre |
satirical song
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasLyricsBy | E. Y. Harburg ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
poor people
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rich people ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | social commentary through humor ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | E. Y. Harburg ⓘ |
| medium | music ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| portrays | reversal of social status ⓘ |
| targetAudience | theatre audiences ⓘ |
| theme |
American Dream
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class inequality ⓘ economic inequality ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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ironic ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
contrast between rich and poor
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exaggeration ⓘ irony ⓘ |
| workOf | E. Y. Harburg ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich Description of subject: "When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich" is a satirical song by lyricist E. Y. Harburg that humorously critiques class inequality and the American dream.
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